Soil Hill

   After two days of solid fog, it was nice to actually get back up the Hill and see more than 100 metres! In the preceding days, quite a few Redwing seemed to have arrived with myself and JJL hearing plenty passing over us on the night of the 15th.

  So, I was hoping for a good passage of Redwings over Soil Hill today, with 1866 going south between 07:30 and 11:00, although DJS comfortably bested this total just over the Hill. There were a few other species on the move as well, notably my latest-ever Swallows at this site, with six going south during the morning. 

  A few notable totals from this morning, all south;

1866	Redwing
263	Woodpigeon
208	Starling
33	Chaffinch
22	Siskin
8	Lesser Redpoll
6	Swallow

-Redwings

-Swallow

In total managed 47 species today, the full list here; https://ebird.org/checklist/S199202682

Trektellen count here; https://www.trektellen.org/count/view/767/20241017